The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers or IEEE is a “global association of professionals working toward the development, implementation and maintenance of technology-centered products and services.”

As part of his three year term, Mueller will also be a member of the Transactions Operations Committee and an ex officio, non-voting member of the Publications Board. IEEE TVCG is the preeminent publication in the field of visual computing and currently has an impact factor (which measures the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal) of 3.078 (2018).

“It is an honor to be named to this position. IEEE TVCG is a well-respected journal that I have long admired,” said Mueller.

Mueller started out at Stony Brook University in 1999 as an assistant professor and has been a professor in the Department of Computer Science since 2012. Mueller earned his PhD in Computer and Information Science from The Ohio State University. His research focuses on data visualization, visual analytics, data science, big data, human-computer interaction, medical imaging, computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality and high performance computing.

Mueller is also well known within the department as the founding chair of SUNY Korea’s Department of Computer Science. SUNY Korea is the first American university in Korea and Professor Mueller served in that capacity for four years from 2012 to 2015. Aside from this position he also served as SUNY Korea’s VP for Academic Affairs and Finance for two years.

Earlier in 2018, Mueller was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. In addition to this honor, Mueller received the Golden Core Award and a Meritorious Service Certificate from the IEEE Computer Society in 2016. He received the SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity in 2011.

Leila De Floriani (University of Maryland) served as the most recent Editor-in-Chief and in the past the position was held by: [I changed the order form most recent]

Ming Lin – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thomas Ertl - University of Stuttgart

David Ebert - Purdue University

Hans Hagen - Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Arie E. Kaufman - Stony Brook University (who founded the journal)

Professor Mueller is working with the current editors to ensure a smooth transition. He will formally join the editorial team on January 1, 2019.